York Open Studios is Here!
Tuesday, 4th April 2023
York Open Studios 2023 is Here!
15 – 16 April and 22 – 23 April 2023
The two York Open Studios’ weekends in April are fast approaching. More than 150 artists and makers within the city and a 10 mile radius of York will open their doors to visitors to enjoy a diverse range of mediums including painting and print, illustration, drawing and mixed media, ceramics, glass and sculpture, jewellery, textiles, photography and installation art. It’s a unique opportunity to view and buy art and an insight into their inspirations, processes and skills.
New to York Open Studios 2023 as well as much-collected regular artists, include Emma Yeoman who works on intricate displays of flora and fauna, varying from sculpture to canvas that will be exhibited within the grounds of York St John University; Anna Vialle who’s delicately stippled pen and watercolour drawings of birds, insects and landscapes are inspired by the style, colours and composition of both Victorian natural history prints and Japanese woodblock prints; Michelle Hughes whose linocut prints of British landscapes and wildlife feature the Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire Coast, North York Moors and Lake District, as well as the wildlife that inhabits them; Amy Stubbs whose beautiful textiles include surface pattern designs influenced by nostalgia and family heritage, and who develops her designs using both manual and digital print-making techniques, later applying them to home furnishings and fine art prints, and Philip Magson's mostly white glazed stoneware hand-thrown pots will be offered alongside his homeware as well as individual vessels, often composites of thrown shapes decorated with abstract pattern.
York Open Studios continues to champion emerging artists, and this year three bursary artists showcase their work over the weekends: Peter Baker, site specific installation at Fishergate Postern Tower; Jade Blood, community textiles and Sam Edward, who hides tiny sculptures around the city for people to find during the weekends. Throughout York City Centre Sam has scattered small concrete sculptures, 'Monuments', resembling Obelisks, Monoliths and Memorials but scaled down, to memorialise moments from York. Sam has snatched overheard conversations and appropriated text to commemorate the time we are living in. In the studio you will find the production behind 'Miniature Monuments' and see the process live as an ongoing work. York Open Studios not only continues to set the bar in 2023 for diversity and inspiration, it also provides a lovely way to enjoy the city of York and its environs – time to put YOS in the diary!
Visit the website for more information www.yorkopenstudios.co.uk and access the interactive map York Open Studios interactive map. Alternatively, a free printed directory is available from various tourist hubs and artist locations throughout the city of York and the wider city region.
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Notes to Editors:
York Open Studios 2023: Prepare to be Surprised!
York Open Studios is an annual not-for-profit event which represents the best of artists and makers living or working within a ten-mile radius of the city. Many artists open their doors to invite the public into their workspaces, some artists will share venues or exhibit their work in other spaces. Artists who are not in their own workspace may display a selection of tools and materials or even demonstrate their skills to give you a more ‘Open Studio’ experience for visitors.
The website provides full information regarding the event, illustrating details of participating artists, including their medium and a map of York and its surrounding areas which highlight where visitors will be able to visit them. These can be found in libraries, shops and galleries all over York in the weeks before York Open Studios.
For more information visit York Open Studios or email info@yorkopenstudios.co.uk. Stay in touch via social media: Facebook Twitter Pinterest Instagram
For press information, including interview opportunities with members of the York Open Studios committee and/or artists, please contact Kendra Grahame-Clarke at Kendra PR on 07910 214474 or email Kendra@kendrapr.co.uk
March 2023
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